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The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings has many codes for the Benoni Defense. Old Benoni Defense: A43 1.d4 c5; A44 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5; Benoni Defense: A56 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 (includes Czech Benoni) A57–A59 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 (Benko Gambit) A60 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6; A61 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6; Fianchetto ...
The Modern Benoni is a chess opening that begins with the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6. It is classified under the ECO codes A60–A79. After the initial moves, Black proceeds to capture on d5, creating a majority of black pawns on the queenside. To support their advance, the king's bishop is usually fianchettoed on g7.
The opening is the initial stage of a chess game. It usually consists of established theory.The other phases are the middlegame and the endgame. [1] Many opening sequences, known as openings, have standard names such as "Sicilian Defense".
The King's Fianchetto Opening [1] or Benko Opening [2] (also known as the Rat Opening, [3] Hungarian Opening, or Bilek Opening) is a chess opening characterized by the move: 1. g3. White's 1.g3 ranks as the fifth most popular opening move, but it is far less popular than 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3. It is usually followed by 2.Bg2, fianchettoing ...
The Blumenfeld Countergambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves 3...e6 4.Nf3 b5 in the Benoni Defense arising after: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nf3 b5. or alternatively: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5. In fact, as many as 30 different move orders are possible. [1]
The remaining semi-closed openings are uncommon. The Polish Defense has never been very popular but has been tried by Spassky, Ljubojević, and Csom, among others.The Queen's Knight Defense is an uncommon opening that often transposes to the Nimzowitsch Defence after 1.d4 Nc6 2.e4 or the Chigorin Defense after 2.c4 d5, although it can lead to unique lines, for example after 1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 or 2 ...
(Black players leery of the double-fianchetto system, where White plays g3 and b3 and fianchettos both bishops, have preferred 5...g6 intending 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 Nxa6! The point is that it is awkward for White to meet the threat of ...Nb4, hitting d5 and a2, when Nc3 may often be met by ...Nfxd5 because of the latent pin down the long diagonal .
The full list is useful, but is too big to go into Encyclopedia of Chess Openings. A simpler (and wikified) list would be nice if we actually had articles on those openings, but currently most openings are discussed in chess opening, so I think the status quo is fine. -- Arvindn 07:32, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)